Sol 6.1

  1. رَعى اللَهُ لَيلَةَ وَصلٍ خَلَت

    وَما خالَطَ الصَفوُ فيها كَدَر

    May God bless that bygone night of union,

    And no trouble clouded its serenity.

  2. أَتَت بَغتَةً وَمَضَت سُرعَةً

    وَما قَصَّرَت مَعَ ذاكَ القِصَر

    It came suddenly and passed swiftly,

    Yet fell short in nothing, despite its brevity.

  3. بِغَيرِ اِحتِفالٍ وَلا كُلفَةٍ

    وَلا مَوعِدٍ بَينَنا يُنتَظَر

    Without ceremony or trouble,

    Nor an appointed meeting for us to await.

  4. فَقُلتُ وَقَد كادَ قَلبي يَطي

    رُ سُروراً بِنَيلِ المُنى وَالوَطَر

    So I said, as my heart almost took

    Flight for joy at attaining my wishes and desire:

  5. أَيا قَلبِ تَعرِفُ مَن قَد أَتا

    كَ وَياعَينِ تَدرينَ مَن قَد حَضَر

    O my heart, do you know who has come

    To you? And O my eye, do you know who is here?

  6. وَيا قَمَرَ الأُفقِ عُد راجِعاً

    فَقَد باتَ في الأَرضِ عِندي قَمَر

    And O moon of the horizon, turn back,

    For a moon now spends the night with me on earth.

  7. وَيا لَيلَتي هَكَذا هَكَذا

    وَبِاللَهِ بِاللَهِ قِف يا سَحَر

    And O my night—just so, just so!

    And by God, by God, stand still, O dawn!

  8. فَكانَت كَما نَشتَهي لَيلَةً

    وَطالَ الحَديثُ وَطابَ السَمَر

    So it was a night just as we wished,

    And talk ran long, and our nighttime converse was sweet.

  9. وَمَرَّ لَنا مِن لَطيفِ العِتا

    بِ عَجائِبُ ما مِثلُها في السِيَر

    And we exchanged such gentle reproaches—

    Wonders unmatched in the chronicles.

  10. وَرُحنا نَجُرُّ ذُيولَ العَفا

    فِ وَنَسحَبُها فَوقَ ذاكَ الأَثَر

    And we went off trailing the skirts of chastity,

    And dragging them over those traces.

  11. خَلَونا وَما بَينَنا ثالِثٌ

    فَأَصبَحَ عِندَ النَسيمِ الخَبَر

    We were alone, with no third among us,

    Yet by morning the breeze had the news.